DIY PRIDE - IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT LIKE THE OWNER OF THIS TOYOTA TACOMA

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WHEN INSTALLER AND THEN COLLEGE STUDENT ANDY REAM REPLACED HIS '99 TURBOCHARGED ACURA INTEGRA WITH A '05 TOYOTA TACOMA X-RUNNER, HE HAD EVERY INTENTION OF LEAVING IT STOCK. "I first purchased this truck in June of 2005 after working as an engineering intera for Toyota Technical Center and learning what the truck was capable of," he says. "Its target handling vehicle was the Nissan 350Z and it actually outperformed the 350Z around a ride and handling course!" Despite his immense satisfaction with the truck's performance, his keep-it-factory intentions ali cbanged a few short months later, at least when ìt carne to the stock interior. After SEMA 2005 (and seeing all the modified vehicles filling the Las Vegas Convention Center), Ream and a co-worker were driving home to Phoenix and started bouncing around ideas. "Within weeks, the interior was gutted and the project had had begun!"